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Vistabella (Tarragona)

Province of Tarragona
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Vistabella (full name Vistabella del Camp) is a village of 148 inhabitants (INE 2008), located north-west of the municipality of La Secuita, in the province of Tarragona. It started off as a stable area forming a part of the municipal area of El Codony, which was separated from the domain of the Santes Creus Monastery. In any case, in 1298 half of the tithes and the local novelties went to the archbishop and the chapter of Tarragona, and the half to the stated monastery. It boasts a small, lovely Modernista (art nouveau) church by Josep Maria Jujol (Sacred Heart Church, 1923). Vistabella celebrates its Festa Major (annual town festivities) on or around Saint Bartholomew's Day (August 24th). Some years ago it also used to celebrate a Winter Festa Major on the Epiphany, January 6th. Every year during the Festa Major there is a ping pong championship at the Casal Jujol civic center that attracts participants from the surrounding towns. The inhabitants are called vistabellencs in Catalan.

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Battle of Tarragona (August 1641)

The Battle of Tarragona of August 1641 was a naval battle that took place between 20 – 25 August 1641, between the Spanish and French fleets during the French stage of the Thirty Years' War. The Spanish fleet, led by the Duke of Fernandina and the Duke of Maqueda broke the French naval blockade of Tarragona and defeated the French fleet under Henri d'Escoubleau de Sourdis, forcing it to retreat. The city was also besieged by land since April by a Franco-Catalan army commanded by Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt. The Spanish success in driving Sourdis out of the area, together with the arrival of a relief force sent by land, forced the Franco-Catalan army to leave the siege, and to retreat to Valls, pursued by the Spanish army.The Spanish victory prevented the fall of Tarragona to the French and Catalan rebel forces, for which Cardinal Richelieu deprived Sourdis of his office and replaced him with the young Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, his nephew. In spite of his success, the Duke of Fernandina was also dismissed from duty. The Count-Duke of Olivares was dissatisfied because the Duke of Fernandina failed to destroy the French fleet, and imprisoned him. The case was truly unusual: the two admirals, both the victor and the vanquished, had the same bitter reward. However, the ostracism of the French Admiral was final, while the Spanish Admiral was soon restored after the fall of Olivares in 1643, and even became part of the Council of the King of Spain.

Camp de Tarragona
Camp de Tarragona

Camp de Tarragona (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkam də tərəˈɣonə]) is a natural and historical region and one of the eight vegueries (regions) defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It is the third most populated region, with 536,453 inhabitants as of 2022. The region includes the comarques of Tarragonès, Alt Camp, Baix Camp, Conca de Barberà and Priorat. It borders to the east with Penedès and Central Catalonia, to the north with Ponent and to the west with Terres de l'Ebre. The capital is the city of Tarragona.It is located in the south, and it includes a central plain, surrounded by the Serralada Prelitoral mountain chain on the west and in the north, with the Mediterranean sand beaches of the Costa Daurada on the east and limited in the south by the Coll de Balaguer. The main towns are Tarragona, Reus, Valls and Cambrils. Salou is an important resort destination. The region is regarded as the second metropolitan area of Catalonia, hosting the most important chemical complex in Spain as well as one of the main ports. Among the most distinctive agricultural produce of the region are hazelnuts, olives, wine and fish. It is also one of the major tourist areas in Catalonia, mainly due to the variety of beaches, holiday attractions like the remains of the Roman important past of Tarragona (one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain), samples of the Catalan Modernisme style (particularly in Reus, Gaudí's hometown) and PortAventura World (PortAventura Park, the most visited theme park in Spain, Ferrari Land and also the PortAventura Caribe Aquatic Park). The area has a common history going back to 1356, with the historical vegueria of Tarragona.